Youth

Portland Timbers Friendship Cup

What is the Friendship Cup?
For 33 years now, the Friendship Cup tournament has served as one of the top ODP tournaments in the country. The list of professional and national team players who have played in this event is endless and with the Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns establishing themselves as the home for the Oregon ODP program, the event takes a new direction, hosting MLS pre‐academy teams, and ODP teams. May 26-29, 2017, the 33rd annual Friendship Cup Tournament will once again host some of the top youth players and teams in the country in Beaverton, Oregon.

Last year, teams from Oregon ODP/Pre-Academy, San Jose Earthquakes Pre-Academy, Seattle Sounders, Washington ODP, Cal-North ODP, Colorado ODP, Alaska ODP, Crossfire Pre-Academy (Seattle), Timbers Alliance All-Star Teams, San Francisco Elite, Diablo and SMC Earthquakes made up the 100-team event. More than 50 college, regional and national coaches were also on hand to evaluate and scout players. Oregon’s largest soccer retail company was also on hand to provide a true Northwest soccer weekend in Soccer City USA.

Deadline/Registration Information?
This tournament is by invite only, but feel free to email Tournament Director Erik Lyslo at elyslo@timbers.com if you are interested in learning more about playing in this event or seeing if your team qualifies to enter. Deadline to register is April 5th and the tournament cost is listed below. Age groups allowed for this event will be U11-U18.

Tournament Cost
Tournament cost for three games is $600 and tournament cost for four games is $750. Checks can be made out and sent to Portland Timbers (Attn: Erik Lyslo), 1844 SW Morrison, Portland, OR 97205. We also have an online payment option by clicking on the link below.

Tournament Travel
All Friendship Cup travel questions (hotel, airfare, rental cars) can be answered by Steve Fennah of Sports Specific Travel. Steve has a great reputation as not only the former head women’s coach at Oregon State University but also now as a travel agent for a number of the region iv states. Any travel question you have, he can handle this for you. Steve’s email address is steve@sportspecifictravel.com or he can be reached at 503-706-1694.